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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-01-05, Page 1ZURIC HEWS No. 1 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THUR DAY, JANUARY 5, 1961 $2.50 PER YEAR -- 5 CENTS PER COPY lik�b, •R ;gf.�r•,ta %*fre ui3:t.;h2{ H n�fy:::.,rbmwJ�.a$f BIG BUSINESS — The hauling of water is big business in Zurich this winter. Due to the extrem- ely dry summer and fall last year many farmers are experiencing a severe water shortage. Two tank trucks are kept busy supplying the needs of local farms. Napoleon Corriveau's outfit (no shown) stands in line as the large tank on the truck of Maurice Masse is filled at the pump house in the Village. Shown on the left is an interesting onlooker, Norman Overholt, standing beside him is Maurice Masse, owner of the truck, and on top of the tank is Maxime Overholt, whose well has__ failed. (Citizens News Photo) Winter Resort Area Plans of the government to turn the Pinery Provincial Park area into a winter playground have been proceeding gradually, a n d have met with public approval, said C. E. Janes, MPP,Lambton East, last Thursday. "Ski runs," said Mr. Janes, "have already been constructed, and are being used by sports enthusiasts. From all indications more ski runs will be put up this winter, if the use of the park warrants it," he said. Eric Mcllroy, honorary president of the Grand Bend area Chamber of Commerce, who originally ad- vanced the idea of the winter play- ground, had previously indicated some disappointment in the speed in which the park was being prep- ared. "We'd like to see more action. There have been only a couple of ski runs put up this year, and there has been no further prog- ress for about the last month," said Mr. Mcllroy. "I feel devel- opment has been slow," he added. New embers On Clinton HS Board Appointments of all members of Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute Board 'have been made. Bruce McClinchey, RR 1, Bruce - field, is replacing Menno Steckle, RR 2, Zurich, in Stanley Township. Robert Thompson, Londesboro, is replacing J. Willis VanEgmond, RR 1, Clinton, in Hullett Township. Dry J. A. Addison has retired, and Clifford Lobb, Clinton, is the representative appointed by Huron County Council to succeed him. The second county representative is Robert Peck, RR 1, Zurich, who completed the term made vacant by the death of George Reid, Var- na, Other members of the board are Irvine Tebbutt, RR 2, Clinton, for Goderich Township; Kenneth Mc- Rae, Clinton, for the town of Clin- ton; John Lavis, Clinton, for the town public school board; M. Rich- mond, Blyth, for Morris Township; R. D. Philip, Blyth, for the village Separate School Elects Six Members For 1961 Board Honor J. W. Haberer Ratepayers of the Zurich Separ- ate School elected six people to serve as a board for the coming year, when they voted on Wednes- day, January 4. Twelve candidates had been nominated for the board at the nomination meeting last Wednesday. Leading the polls at Wednesday's election was Mozart Gelinas, with 67 votes. Following him came Louis Farwed with 64 votes, Leo Meidinger, 62, Mrs. Theresa Pear- son, 58, Joseph Denomme, 49, and Alphon se Grenier, 43. The candidates who were defeated were Leo Hoffman, William Smith, Vla- dimir Krainik, Gerald Regier, Jo- seph Miller and Clare Masse. Gilbert Ducharme is secretary - treasurer of the board. Ted Mittleholtz served as re- turning officer for the election, while Mrs, Theresa Hartman was poll clerk. A familiar face at the Ontario Beekeeper's Association conven- tions for many years, a local man, J. W. Haberer, has retired after serving the Ontario Honey Produc ers Co-operative as president for the last 19 years. The honey co-operative had han- dled 60-65 percent of all the honey sold in Ontario, and the famous Beekist label of the co-operative is sought by shoppers all over the province. Mr. Haberer, along with his bro- thers, has operated an apiary in Zurich for a great number of years. Succeeding him in the office of president is R. G. Paul, of Napan- ee. Also retiring with Mr. Haberer is T. H. Shields, who has been gen- eral manager of the co-operative since it's inception in 1923. of Blyth; E. Caldwell, RR 3, Blyth, for East Wawanosh Township and George Falconer, Brucefield, for the Township of Tuckersmith. 0 1961 Licence Plates No ; On Sale Here Zurich Juveniles Win Two Games And Lose 0 e During Past Couple of Weeks The Zurich Lions Juveniles play- Masse, Gerard Overholt and Way - ed three important hockey games during the past two weeks, winning two and losing one. In a real mar- athon in Hensall on Boxing Day, the locals downed their arch -riv- als 4-2. Last Friday night in Zur- ich the homesters upset the highly - rated Lambeth team by a score of 6-4, and then on New Years night, Monday, they suffered one of their few losses, when the power -packed Clinton Juveniles edged them 4-1 in the local ice palace. The next big game on tap for the local Juvenile team will be this Friday night, when the Hensall team comes back for a return match. Zurich 4—Hensall 2 In a game that threatened into a boxing match on Boxing Day, the locals took an early 4-0 lead over their bitter rivals from Hensall, and then hung on to the lead to coast to an easy 4-2 victory, Wayne Willert opened the scor- ing in the first period, on a neat play wtih Gerard Overholt. In the second session Larry Bedard, Ger- ard Overholt and Willert, each tal- lied once to give the Zurich crew an impressive 4-0 lead at that stage of the game. The Hensall team came to life in the third period, when they for- got about their rough play, and scored twice to bring them back in the game. Shaddick and Hor- ton tallied the Hensall goals. A total of 13 penalties were han- ded out by referees O'Brien and Knight, six to the Hensall team and seven to Zurich. Zurich 6—Lambeth 4 On 'Friday night, before a loyal home -town crowd, the locals dow- ned Lambeth 6-4, in a well played game, with not one player scoring more than once. Bob Johnston, Don Johnson, Earl Wagner, John It was announced last week by the Hon. H. L. Rowntree, Q.C, Min- ister of Transport for Ontario, that the new motor vehicle permits and licences would be available for purchase on Tuesday, January 3, at the usual issuing offices. He ad- ded that, in some instances, where licences were obtained from an is- suing agent it would be possible to get them on Monday -the second, if the agent's office was open. In Zurich, the licence issuing office is at Willert's Variety Store. The expiry date for the 1960 plates will be March 15, the Min- ister said, after that date all ve- hicles operating on the roads must bear the new 1961 white on black plates. Mr. Rowntree advised all motor- ists that they must present a cer- tificate of liability insurance when making applincation for new lic- ences, aFilure to produce such a certificate would result in an ad- ditional fee of $5 over and above the normal registration fee for the vehicle. The department of transport, continued the minister, urged mo- torists to avoid the last minute rush and to purchase their new 1961 licences early in the new year. ne Willert each scored for Zurich. Brilliant net -minding on the part of Dennis Amacher, for Zurich. was the big difference between the two teams, as time and time again he stopped what looked like sure goals. Ten penalties were handed out, five to each team. Clinton 4—Zurich 1 A power -packed combination of Goderich-Seaforth-Clinton Juvenil- es downed the locals 4-1 on Monday night, in the local arena. The score, however, did not indicate the closeness of the play, as the locals had the advantage during the first and third periods, but could not seem to get the puck in the net, John Masse scored the lone Zur- ich goal in the second ,period, un- assisted, on one of his slap shot specials. A total of 20 penalties were han- ded out by referees Hess and O'Brien,, with eight going to Zur- ich and 12 to Clinton. 0 e salt Juvena es Here On Friday What will probably be one of the best hockey games of the season will be played in Zur- ich this Friday night, when the Hensall Juveniles will be here for a return game with the locals. If the match is any- where near as interesting as the Boxing Day affair in Hen- sall was, the fans can be sure they will see a real thriller. Game time will be 8:30 p.m. Another Hog Vote Could Be Bad Agriculture Minister Goodfellow fears that another vote by hog producer's o n selling methods would wreck Ontario's marketing ,plan, Charles McNaughton, P.C. member of the legislature for Huron, said Thursday night. "There are extreme pressures' being brought to bear for another' vote among Ontario's 68,000 hog producers," he said, "but there is a growing fear on the part of the minister that the vote would wreck the entire plan." • Mr. McNaughton said the min- ister's directive to the Ontario Hog Producers' Association this year to revise it's method of hog selling was aimed at saving the present compulsory marketing plan. He was speaking at a round- table discussion with Elston Car- diff and Marvin Howe, Progres- sive rogres- sive Conservative members of Parliament for Huron and Well- ington -Huron respectively, a n ;d members of Huron County F e d- eration of Agriculture. Mr. Cardiff said a sugar beet policy is planned which would b e put into action for one year and would set the floor price at S13 a ton. ki r Continuing our policy of the past couple of years, we are again bringing our readers a review of the happenings of the past year, as compiled through the pages of the Citizens News. Each week the pages of the home paper are packed with news of the people you know—and when each year is finished well over 500 pages have been published and enjoyed. Here is the story of your year—the one to be remembered as 1960, the third year of the Citizens News. JANUARY 6 — Motor Vehicle Licence branch is opened in Zur- ich; Village needs clerk -treasurer, council calls for applications. Township and Village hold joint inaugural meeting JANUARY 13 — Zurich Citizens News is purchased by Herb Turk- heim. The Chamber of Commerce had as special guests, C. S. Mc- Naughton, MLA, for Huron, and Elmer D. Bell, QC, of Exeter. Ray Fisher is appointed chairman of the School Area Board. JANUARY 20 — John Durnin is elected Huron County Warden— Marie Annette Masse, 11, is instan- tly killed after leaving school bus. Zurich firemen are entertained by Village at Dominion Hotel. JANUARY 27 — Albert J. Kalb- fleisch is appointed first clerk- treasurer of Zurich --Minor Hockey night is proclaimed in Zurich, by Reeve O'Brien—Grand Bend you- ths damage telephone booth. FEBRUARY13 — Township coun- cil calls for tenders for warble fly work—V. L. Becker is re-elected president of Zurich Agricultural Society—Annual meeting at Luth- eran church draws record crowd, FEBRUARY 10 — Coroners jury suggests that all vehicles stop when approaching school bus—Harvey Taylor, of Brucefield, is elected president of Hay Mutual Fire In- surance Company. Leroy Thiel is first chairman of new PUC. FEBRAUARY 17 — Chamber of Commerce decides to prepare bro- chure about Village of Zurich— Rev. W. P. Fisscher speaks to Lions Club about Province of Nova Sco- tia—Annual Valentines Carnival draws large crowd—H. Glenn Hays, QC, appointed chief magistrate of Huron County. FEBRUARY 24 — Sales hit all time high, Co-op plans new feed mill in Zurich—Dennis Amacher injured refereeing hockey game here last night—California driver injured in three way crash near Hensall. MARCH 2 — Strikers picket plant at General Coach, in Hensall --Robert Wadlake tops seniors at High school public speaking con- test—Zurich Juveniles take two game lead in play-off series with Tara. MARCH 9 — Zurich Lions Ju- veniles win WOAA "D" Champion- ship—Zurich crest is designed by local teacher, H. R. Latimer—Con- tract for addition to South Huron High School is awarded to Lucan man. MARCH 16 — Hay Township and Zurich Village complete real es- tate deal when ownership of Town hall changes hands—Signs indicate prosperous year for construction work in Zurich. MARCH 23 — Liquor vote com- ing Monday, Clinton favours out- lets—Zurich Pee Wees win Sham- rock Tourney Championship. MARCH 30—Zurich goes wet at vote. Large majority favour liq- uor outlets—Piattsville takes first game of finals from Zurich Lior a. Juveniles. APRIL 6 — Zurich Juveniles take all -Ontario "D" Title, come from behind to win series in three straight—Work to start shortly on Bank of Montreal renovation. First aid course to be held in Mennonite Church. APRIL 13 — Police investigate three robberies in district last Wed- nesday night—South Huron High School tax levy remains unchanged from last year. APRIL 20 — Zurich Lions Club to celebrate 15th anniversary of their charter in May—Fifth annual home show to be held here by Gingerich's Sales and Service—Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Erb celebrate 25th wedding anniversary. APRL 25 — Home improvement show is terrific, draws 2,000 in two days—School area board accepts resignation of Mrs. Greta Laven- der—Plans are made for "Minor Hockey" banquet, MAY 5 — Ivan Kalbfleisch is re- elected president of baseball club —High School students will have chance to improve at summer school to be held in London—Citi- zens News to be published Thurs- clay, as other weeklies are in area. MAY 12 — A. Y.McLean elected president of Huron Liberals at an- nual meeting—Hensall people are injured in crash west of Zurich— N. J. Corriveau is awarded two con- tracts by Stanley Council—Village Council is preparing to build a new Clerk's office at a cost of $10,000. MAY 19 — Bowling Alley to he built in Zurich by Ernest Laidlaw. Building will have four alleys with room for more if needed—Cham- ber of Comtnerce inducts three new members, plans for ladies night. MAY 26 — Donald L. O'Brien is appointed new principal of Zurich public school—Nelson Hill, Huron sherriff, dies as result of car ac- cident at Hensall — Dianne Deit- rich in hospital with broken le! following car accident. JUNE 3 — Zurich Brownies col- lect over $100.00 for World ref u- 8 gees—Local Doctor speaks to Men- nonite youth group—Persons under 16 not allowed to drive cars or trac- tors on highways. JUNE 9 — Increase in water ra- tes for Zurich indicated in com- mittee report—Plans made for mass TB survey in Huron during July — Lions Club to canvass vil- lage for Blood Donnors and old Eye Glasses. JUNE 16 — Bishop J. C. Cody blesses new Zurich School at Sun- day afternoon ceremony—New twi- light fair, at Hensall, draws large crowd with many entries—John F. Haberer is awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Economics. JUNE 23 — Mother and daugh- ter banquet ends season for Girl Guides and Brownies—Over 100 volunteer for blood donnors—Meo- nonite church to hold summer Bi- ble School. JUNE 30 — Township Counr'il discusses plans for alterations to hall—Local Brownies attend God- erich camp with other district un- its — Lumberkings suffer four straight losses. JULY 7 — The Thedford Enter - prize, new weekly paper for that area, is printed at the Citizens News plant.—Hay Township Coun- cil plans two new bridges on dis- trict roads. JULY 14—Former students hon- our retiring teacher, Miss Olive O'Brien, at Sunday reunion—Zur- ich approves installation of 16 new street lights on main street— Blood donor clinics set for July 27. JULY 21 — Parents of Canada's largest family celebrate 50th wed- ding anniversary—Donald Leibold. 17, drowned while swimming at Snowden's beach—Lutheran chur- ch vacation school completes two successful weeks. JULY 28 — Tenders called for Huron Mental hospital which will be located south of Goderich— Lions club plans "Chicken barbe- cue" and "frolic" for August 17— Inquest shows that Huron sheriff fell asleep at wheel. AUGUST 4 — Over 100 donate blood at Red Cross clinic held here last week—Licences granted for Dominion Hotel by Liquor Board— Zurich Fire Brigade has gone one year without a call—Excavation be- gins at Dominion hotel. AUGUST 11 — Indications are for lower tax rates in Zurich this year—Consumer spending in Hur- on hits new high—Damage apnrox- -imately $15,000 in fire at the farm of Charles Rau. ANGUST 18 — Huron County meets objective in cancer drive. raises a total of $15,555.—Hay Tel- ephone system prepares for dial operation—Village tax rate three mills lower than last year. AUGUST 25 — Mother of Can - (continued on page 5)